Community-Based Monitoring

System (CBMS): An Overview

Celia M. Reyes
CBMS Network Leader

Presentation during the 12th CBMS National Conference

Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria
February 29, 2016
 What is CBMS?
An organized way of collecting information at the
local level for use of local government units,
national government agencies, non-government
organizations, and civil society for planning,
program implementation and impact monitoring.

A tool intended for improved governance and

greater transparency and accountability in resource
allocation.

A tool to empower communities

 What are the features of CBMS?
It involves the complete enumeration of all households.
It collects data on the demographic, economic and
social characteristics of households, including the
different dimensions of poverty.
The LGUs take the lead in the data collection and
processing, serve as the repository of the database and
use the data in the formulation of annual development
and investment plans.
Members of the community are involved in the whole
CBMS process.
Databanks are established at each geopolitical level.
 CBMS Core Indicators of Poverty
Dimension Indicator
Health and Proportion of children under 5 who died Health poor
Nutrition
Proportion of women who died due to pregnancy related
causes
Proportion of children aged 0-5 who are malnourished Nutrition poor
Housing Proportion of households in makeshift housing Housing poor
Proportion of households who are informal settlers Tenure poor
Proportion of households without access to safe water Water poor
supply
Proportion of households without access to sanitary toilet Toilet poor
facilities
Education Proportion of children 6-11 years old who are not
attending elementary school
 CBMS Core Indicators of Poverty
Dimension Indicator
Proportion of children 12-15 years old who are not
attending secondary school
Proportion of children 6-15 years old who are not Education
attending school poor
Income and Proportion of households with income below the poverty
Employment threshold
Proportion of households with income below the food
Income poor
threshold
Proportion of households who experienced hunger due
to food shortage
Proportion of persons in the labor force who are
Job Poor
unemployed
Peace and
Proportion of persons who are victims of crime Security Poor
Order
CBMS Accelerated Poverty
Profiling (CBMS APP)
Developed by the CBMS Network Team,
the CBMS APP is an organized, systematic
and efficient process of use of latest
information and communication
technology tools e.g. tablets, and the
standard CBMS instruments for data
collection (CBMS SCAN), processing (CBMS
STATSIM), poverty mapping (QGIS) and
data management tools. Data is
transmitted and managed and accessed
through the CBMS Portal.
 CBMS Accelerated Poverty Profiling
(CBMS APP)
• Data collection with
As of February 2016, the CBMS portal has
encoding and GPS • Data for more than 2.5M households
• 12,765 registered devices
reading: CBMS Scan • 13,647 registered users
and Portal • 320 local government units

• Data Processing: CBMS

StatSimPro CBMS
StatSimPro
• Poverty Mapping:
Quantum GIS (QGIS)
CBMS Software are provided to LGU CBMS Scan QGIS
and Portal
partners implementing CBMS for FREE
 CBMS Accelerated Poverty Profiling
(CBMS APP)
CBMS-SCAN
uses Android
mobile devices
in collecting
household
census data
 CBMS Accelerated Poverty Profiling
(CBMS APP)
Data is transmitted and managed and accessed
through the CBMS PORTAL.
 CBMS Accelerated Poverty Profiling
(CBMS APP)
The CBMS StatSimPro
was built to output
automatically-
generated reports for
the 13+1 core
indicators and basic
tabulation, listing and
querying of the CBMS
database
 CBMS Accelerated Poverty Profiling
(CBMS APP)
Aside from List of malnourished children in an LGU with age and sex

automatically-
generated tables,
lists through
simple querying is
produced using
Confidential
the CBMS info
StatSimPro
CBMS Accelerated Poverty Profiling
(CBMS APP)
Adoption of QGIS,
a user-friendly
open source GIS
software which
runs on Linux,
Unix, Mac OSX
and Windows.
Coverage of CBMS Implementation in the Philippines
as of January 31, 2016

75 provinces, 32 of which are province-wide,

891 municipalities
74 cities
covering 23,932 barangays

CBMS APP track

atea CBMS PAPER track

At least 239 LGUs have more than 1

round of CBMS census (of which
over 66 LGUs have at least 3 rounds
of data collection)
Developments in 2015
 PSA Approval of
CBMS Questionnaires
PSA Approval
• Household Profile Questionnaire
(CBMS FORM 1 VN 11201401)
PSA Approval No: DILG-1540-01
Expires on 31 October 2016

• Barangay Profile Questionnaire

(CBMS FORM 2 VN 11201401)
PSA Approval No: DILG-1540-01
Expires on 31 October 2016
Infographics
Infographics of LGUs with CBMS APP
are available from the CBMS portal
website
http://cbms.dlsu.edu.ph/
 Migration Rider Questionnaire
in selected LGUs in Region 4A
To realize the goal of the
SUMMID* initiative (spearheaded
by NEDAIV-A) to strengthen,
upscale and mainstream migration
and development in the local
level, 13 questions were included
in a rider questionnaire to the
CBMS core questions in the CBMS
SCAN form. It is currently being
implemented in selected LGUs in
Region 4A in collaboration with the
DILG.
SUMMID: Strengthening, Upscaling and Mainstreaming International Migration and Development
 CBMS for DRRM
• Disaster prevention and mitigation
• Disaster preparedness
• Response and early recovery
• Recovery and rehabilitation

*from National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework

 Rain-induced Landslide Map with Location of
Households covered by the CBMS Census, 2014-2016

Location of Households
High Susceptibility
Moderate Susceptibility
Low Susceptibility
Possible Areas Prone to
Landslides
Accumulation

Source of basic hazard map: http://www.ppdobohol.lgu.ph/

Source of household location: CBMS Accelerated Poverty Profiling Census, P rovince of Bohol, 2014-2016
 Storm Surge (Advisory 4) with Location of Households
covered by the CBMS Census, Tubigon, Bohol, 2014-2015

With members aged

0-14 and 65 and
above
Without members
aged 0-14 and 65
and above
Elementary school
Secondary school

Source of Flood Map: Project NOAH. http://noah.dost.gov.ph/#/section/stormsurge/ssadvisory

Source of household location: CBMS Accelerated Poverty Profiling Census, Tubigon, Bohol, 2014-2015
CBMS Data, Municipality of Tubigon, Bohol, 2014-2015
Total number of households: 10,053

Population
CBMS Data, Tubigon, Bohol
Total Male Female
Population 43742 21961 21781
Children 0-5 years old 5082 2616 2466
Children 6-14 years old 8486 4402 4084
Members 65 years old and above 3244 1350 1894
Members who are disabled 1015 485 530
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Official MDG
Goal Indicators CBMS Proportion
1 9 6 66.7
2 3 2 66.7
3 3 1 33.3
4 3 2 66.7
5 6 3 50.0
Out of the 60 MDG 6 10 3 30.0
indicators, 23 are included 7 10 3 30.0
8 16 3 18.8
in the CBMS. Total 60 23 38.3
Millennium
Development
Goals (MDGs)
Automatically-generated
table in StatSim
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Goal CBMS Total Proportion
1 4 9 44.4
2 1 15 6.7
3 4 25 16.0
4 7 11 63.6
5 1 14 7.1
6 1 10 10.0
7 1 6 16.7
8 4 15 26.7 As of date, there is a total of
9 2 12 16.7
10 1 12 8.3
229 proposed indicators,
11 3 13 23.1 including149 “green” and 80
12 0 12 0.0 “grey” indicators.
13 1 5 20.0
14 0 10 0.0
15 1 15 6.7 36/229 can be generated
16 4 21 19.0
17 1 24 4.2
through CBMS.
Total 36 229 15.7
 Panel Data
Location of households with malnourished children 0-5 years old (MUAC), selected LGUs, Leyte, 2014
 BPQ Processing in StatSim
Automatically-generated Location of facilities from BPQ in
report of BPQ tables QGIS maps
 CBMS APP AND BUB
• One of the eligible projects under BUB
is CBMS APP

• Capacity-building is being provided by

DILG
 Community-Based Monitoring
System (CBMS): An Overview

PEP Asia - CBMS International Network Coordinating Team

De La Salle - Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies
10th Floor, Angelo King International Center,
Estrada corner Arellano Streets, Malate, Manila
Telefax (632) 5262067;
Email at: cbms.network@gmail.com; celia.reyes@benilde.edu.ph
Website: http://www.pep-net.org/about-cbms